30 de janeiro de 2020

Seti I


Head of mummy of Pharaoh Seti I

Hassidismo


"Historical Atlas of Hasidism", Marcin Wodziński (2018)

Vida



A great cormorant flies against the backdrop of the Mount Machhapuchhre, left, 
and the Annapurna mountains in Pokhara, about 125 miles (200km) west of Kathmandu in Nepal

29 de janeiro de 2020


"The Plague of Darkness", Gustave Doré

Martin Buber



"Dissent and Dialogue: On Buber, Faith and Jewish Identity", Paul Mendes-Flohr


I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

Anne Frank

26 de janeiro de 2020

Barry Sisters


"L'Chaim"


וַתֵּ֣רֶא רָחֵ֗ל כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָֽלְדָה֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א רָחֵ֖ל בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב֙ הָֽבָה־לִּ֣י בָנִ֔ים וְאִם־אַ֖יִן מֵתָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי

When Rachel saw that she had borne Jacob no children, she became envious of her sister; and Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die.” 

Genesis 30:1
 

Vida


 A photo from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 
shows a desert locust swarm flying over a bush in Ololokwe, Kenya

22 de janeiro de 2020

Josué



"Joshua is Appointed as Moses' Successor", Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1852-60)

Bíblia



"‘Slave Bible’ removed Passages to Instill Obedience and Uphold Slavery"


וַאֲנִ֥י אַקְשֶׁ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧י אֶת־אֹתֹתַ֛י וְאֶת־מוֹפְתַ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that I may multiply My signs and marvels in the land of Egypt. 

Exodus 7:3
 

21 de janeiro de 2020

Vida



The endangered kea is the world’s only alpine parrot, and one of the most intelligent birds
They show no fear of humans and are thieves and pranksters

"Tumbalalaika"


 The Barry Sisters

Jonathan Sacks



Rabbi Sacks in conversation with Rabbi Meir Soloveichik (2020)

14 de janeiro de 2020

Vida


 
Two blue and yellow macaws sit on the branch of a chaguaramo tree in Caracas, Venezuela


וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֑ם לֹ֕א כִּֽי־עֶרְוַ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ בָּאתֶ֥ם לִרְאֽוֹת

And he said to them, “No, you have come to see the land in its nakedness” 

Genesis 42:12
 

Balthus


"The Street" (1933)

12 de janeiro de 2020


וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אֶת־קֹל֖וֹ בִּבְכִ֑י וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע בֵּ֥ית פַּרְעֹֽה

His sobs were so loud that the Egyptians could hear, and so the news reached Pharaoh’s palace. 

Genesis 45:2
 

Vida


A Togian jungle flycatcher is among 10 new songbird species and subspecies
 identified on three previously under-explored Indonesian islands

Saadia Gaon


("Jews & Muslims - Intimate Strangers")

6 de janeiro de 2020

José


"Joseph being sold by his brothers", Zygmunt Sokołowski (1883)


הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ אִמְרֵי־פִֽי
Give ear, O heavens, let me speak; Let the earth hear the words I utter! 

יַעֲרֹ֤ף כַּמָּטָר֙ לִקְחִ֔י תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י כִּשְׂעִירִ֣ם עֲלֵי־דֶ֔שֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִ֖ים עֲלֵי־עֵֽשֶׂב
May my discourse come down as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, Like showers on young growth, Like droplets on the grass.

Deuteronomy 32:1-2

Wilhelm Werner


Werneck Asylum, Lower Franconia, Bavaria (1934-38)

5 de janeiro de 2020

Vida



A blue lined surgeonfish forages among dead coral off the island of Embudu near Male, Maldives 


וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים מִדְיָנִ֜ים סֹֽחֲרִ֗ים וַֽיִּמְשְׁכוּ֙ וַיַּֽעֲל֤וּ אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִן־הַבּ֔וֹר וַיִּמְכְּר֧וּ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֛ף לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים כָּ֑סֶף וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֖ף מִצְרָֽיְמָה

When Midianite traders passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the pit. They sold Joseph for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who brought Joseph to Egypt. 

Genesis 37:28
 

Mito



"The Problem of Myth in the Hebrew Bible", Peter Machinist (2012)